"Arashi's Kazunari Ninomiya (25) and actress Mao Inoue (22) will
co-star in a drama special on TBS. The story is based on two novels
written by professional windsurfer Natsuki Iijima, who died of cancer
in 2005.

During Iijima's battle with cancer, he wrote an essay
titled "Gan ni Ikasarete," which formed part of the basis for the 2007
film "Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara," a biography of Iijima that starred
Takao Osawa and Misaki Ito. Around the same time, Iijima penned a novel
also titled "Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara," as well as a sequel titled
"Kamisama ga Kureta Namida." The drama special is based on those two
books, which sold more than 450,000 copies combined.

The drama
is also being called "Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara." Ninomiya plays the
main character, a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a
cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients,
part of his job involves taking dictation from them when they want to
send a letter to a loved one.

Inoue plays the psychiatrist's
wife and mother to the couple's twin daughters. Other cast members
include Nobuko Miyamoto as a nurse, Yusuke Santamaria as a surgeon, and
Naoto Ogata as the owner of a surf shop.